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The US removed Jorge Rodríguez from its sanctions list on 14 October. Here is what it signals for Venezuela’s talks, oil licences and US investors. The post Venezuela Sanctions: What the Rodríguez Delisting Signals appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bank of America was fined more than $1.21 billion for money laundering and sanctions violations by US regulators. Katherine Doherty has more on "The Asia Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)
Venezuela's acting president launched the Venezuela Alimenta plan in Rome on Monday and, El Nacional reported, blamed US sanctions for lost food output. The post Venezuela’s Rodríguez Launches Food Plan at FAO in Rome appeared first on The Rio Times.
Navi Pillay says the Trump administrations' sweeping penalties on the international tribunal were "unheard of".
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia had agreed to immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to US and global markets in an effort to cut fuel prices before November's midterm elections. The move marks a stunning change of policy after the US and its allies hit Russia with waves of sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.
Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's fresh sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are "ill-considered," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said, warning that Moscow will take "proportionate countermeasures" primarily in areas of interest to Tokyo. The Japanese government on Friday sanctioned 35 vessels in the so-called shadow fleet that transport Russian crude...
Last week, the president of the United States stood at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly and asked aloud whether he should “annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly”. Donald Trump then turned to Venezuela’s oil and declared: “To the victor belong the spoils, you’ve all heard that …” He spoke as the Iran war neared its eighth month, a week after the UN Human Rights Council found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the US had committed war crimes. In the same speech,...
Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and Sulaimaniyah airports suspend flights as US ramps up pressure on Iran's aviation sector.
Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman both have close ties to President Putin, and Kyiv said the move sent Moscow the wrong signals.
Washington sanctioned 11 Cuban nickel and military targets, while Costa Rica's foreign minister called the island's government a vile tyranny. The post Cuba Sanctions: US Targets Nickel Firms and Military Officers appeared first on The Rio Times.
New US law imposes harsh measures on Russia, aims to weaken the Kremlin's war funding and push for Ukraine negotiations.
New sanctions highlight Israel's isolation, yet analysts say they won't sway voters before October's elections.
The US House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine. Loud explosions were heard across Kyiv overnight on Wednesday into Thursday as authorities issued a missile alert, an AFP journalist reported. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
The bill marks the first time in more than two years the US Congress has passed legislation supporting Ukraine